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Concept Design: Drawings of historic places and people of importance to College Park would celebrate everyone from nationally renowned trailblazers like Ana Julia Cooper, Mayor Clarence Lightner, and Millie Dunn Veasey to people of local importance including Sister Gary, Willie Otey Kay, and Monsignor Thomas Hadden.
Concept Design: Scenes of life in College Park could highlight the cadence of life in the neighborhood. Images would be based on family photos shared with the artist by local residents, showcasing people socializing on porches, children going to St. Monica’s school, graduations, and parades.
Concept Design: Neighborhood landscapes could include line drawings of buildings and landmarks, such as Sister Gary's church (Wesleyan First Church of Deliverance) or the O’Rorke Catholic cemetery that help preserve the feel of the community or highlight houses that have been in the same family for generations.
Concept Design: Sketch showing how the artist's images could be incorporated on glass at the proposed community center.
Concept Design: Rendering of the proposed community center featuring the artist's images on art glass.
Concept Design: Rendering of the proposed community center featuring the artist's images on art glass.
Concept Design: Rendering showing the Past to Present Promenade, connecting the center to Saint Monica's Teen Center. This shows art on glass and porcelain enamel on steel signage.
About the Artist
Deborah Aschheim makes installations, sculptures, and drawings about memory and place for buildings, parks, hospitals, transportation, and social media platforms. She has explored themes of collective memory, oral history, and social justice in vernacular history projects that blend participant interviews with drawing to bring the stories of diverse communities to life.
